Wall of The Worlds, Calaveras Dome 5.10c

 
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Calaveras Dome, California, USA

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JLA

climber
Dec 11, 2016 - 11:42am
 
I can assure you all that the original name for the route was "Wall of the Worlds", end of story.
I hope everyone enjoys the route
Kind regards,
Jeff Altenburg
ec

climber
ca
Apr 16, 2013 - 01:33am
 
"War of the Walls" is the original name, per Karl McConachie.

 ec
Jerry Dodrill

climber
@dodrillphoto
Apr 15, 2013 - 11:56pm
 
Excellent Route. Bring a few extra .75 Camalots for linking the first long pitch. The p3 traverse protects well and links with the 5.8 finger crack above for a great pitch with some rope drag to a gear belay at a stance.

Approach: If Ellis Rd. is snowed in as it was this past weekend, April 12, you can drive down Panther Creek Rd instead.

My old Harlin guide calls the route "War of the Walls."
JLA

climber
May 7, 2009 - 02:49pm
 
Seems like this was a pretty good climb. I hope people enjoy it. Hello to Jay, Brock, Mary and the others.
August West

Trad climber
Where the wind blows strange
Apr 27, 2009 - 05:30pm
 
The third pitch takes decent pro but it is a bit fiddly (at least if you are trying to sew it up). I had done two thirds of the traverse and put another small alien in the crack that I knew wasn't any good (it was also overcammed). While trying to extract it (so I could try a different piece in the same spot), I mananged to rip the piece out causing me to fall. I took a short/medium length fall (10~15 feet?, this was 15+ years ago) and slide down a ways (the rock is not real steep here).

But I don't remember any fears about unzipping my previous pro.

Fun route.
Brock Wagstaff

Trad climber
Larkspur
Apr 27, 2009 - 02:00pm
 
Haven't done this route in over 25 years, but I remember the third pitch (the traverse) as being well protected and fun. It's worth doing the whole climb to the top just for the location, though if you do the walk-off it's a bit of a thrash.
chumbawumba

climber
SF, CA
Apr 27, 2009 - 12:46pm
 
I've been up the first pitch (1&2) with the 5.11 start but the 10c traverse (p3) seemed like more adventure than I was up to that day and I backed off. I've been slowly exploring the Cal Dome area over the years. This is pobably the last route that I will realistically be able to climb at Cal Dome (first 6 pitches anyway). If the 10c traverse pitch is sketchy I'd rather avoid it as I have no interest in getting hurt that far from medical attention. Can someone tell me if the 10c traverse takes good protection or is otherwise sketchy?

Assume that Cal Dome 10c is definitly pushing my comfort level.
Gobie

Trad climber
Northern, Ca.
Apr 27, 2009 - 04:23am
 
If my memory serves me correct, the bolts were all changed (except for top pitch) in 96, may 97. The anchors are all combi one stainless rawl and one petzl long life with metolious rap hangers. The upper face bolts were replaced with rawl bolts. I would have to dig up a journal for the exact date, but thats accurate on the hardware.
Ron
Greg Barnes

climber
Apr 26, 2009 - 01:05am
 
The 5.11 finger crack start was pretty clean 5 years ago, it seemed like 11a when clean.

The pro bolts on p7 were replaced in the mid-90s, but the 3 bolts on p8 were nasty 1/4" until '06. You really can't afford to fall on that pitch (the double golden dikes) so the new bolts are pretty psychological...

Short description: p1 & 2 (original) is a splitter 160' wide fingers/thin hands crack (10b/c); p3 is a wild traverse under a roof (10c), p4 is a killer 5.8 finger crack to either easy hand crack on the left (through a bush), dihedral straight up (5.10 side of 5.9+), or you can go up to the dihedral then face climb left on knobs over to the hand crack (5.9). Mongo bivy-in-the-sand ledge (except that the sand can have burrowing wasps in the fall!). Then a 200' 5.9 dihedral (originally 2 pitches?), fingers and face/dikes. Easy ramp - 4th - to a flake and up on runout 5.9+ face climbing up huge knobs, a couple different ways to do the crux area. Then some more knob face leads to double left-leaning big golden dikes, with very cool but poorly protected climbing. It breaks off angle after that to much easier terrain.
slobmonster

Trad climber
SF (via NH & CO)
Apr 25, 2009 - 04:48pm
 
Many folks climb to top of pitch 6 and descend from fixed anchors; bring a second rope. Pitches above are most certainly "R," but note that bolts on pitch 8 (and 7? memory is fuzzy) were replaced September '06.

First pitch is indeed sweet. #2 Friend might be a good piece to include on your rack, if your sizes in that range are limited to Camalots.
Patrick Sawyer

climber
Originally California, now Ireland
Apr 25, 2009 - 05:57am
 
I have no beta, having never been to Calaveras Dome (though it is on my tick list), but 10 pitches/1,000 feet belies the route description. What's up?
bhilden

Trad climber
Mountain View, CA/Boulder, CO
Apr 25, 2009 - 02:12am
 
I haven't seen the topo for this route, but I hope it includes the direct start. 5.10x over a small roof then a 5.11a/b thin crack up and left to join the original route about 50' off the ground. It was pretty dirty when I did it back in 1992, but I gave it a good cleaning.

Bruce
Calaveras Dome - Wall of The Worlds 5.10c - Calaveras Dome, California, USA. Click to Enlarge
Calaveras Dome. Wall of the Worlds (red), Sands of Time (green), High Times (blue).
Photo: Chris McNamara
 
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